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with its parades, open-air concerts, and playing at all sorts of athletic games is a most welcome addition; while the orchestra, glee clubs, quartet, and soloists function at unnumbered assemblies. Music is a beautiful and in- telligent way of expressing emotion. It is the only way in which an author may say what he thinks without fear of the law. It is cultural and refining and makes for concen- tration as there is no study that calls for more undivided attention for we have to consider pitch, duration, quality, tensity, style, and interpretation; while to vocal music is added diction and pronunciation. It is a panacea for many of the perplexities of life. It steadies the feet of marching men, lightens the feet of the dancer, encourages the athlete, and brightens any company where ever introduced. It is an open sesame for many young people who enter college or go to distant localities for different pursuits. A painting is often enhanced by its frame and music is the frame for many public and private gatherings. Browning says "Music is the one art that is capable of revealing the in- finite."
I wish to publicly thank all of the teachers who have labored so faithfully to make the music affairs of the schools so generally successful.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. PHILLIPS,
Supervisor of Music
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
Middleboro, Mass. December 31, 1931.
Mr. J. Stearns Cushing
Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
I herewith present my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1931 showing by statistics the work done during the year.
VISITATIONS
Home Visits
433
Central Schools
217
Suburban Schools
134
Doctors' Offices with pupils
49
Office Treatments
506
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Chickenpox
51
Scarlet Fever
4
Whooping Cough
4
Measles
3
Diphtheria
2
HEALTH FILMS SHOWN IN SCHOOLS
Food
Food Friends
School Lunch
Correct Posture
Working for Dear Life
Correct Physical Education
Tale of Two Tooth Factories
Safety First
Accidents in the Home
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Health Literature Distributed to Pupils . .. . 7,500 pamphlets. Health Talks given to schools and organizations 11 Professional Meetings attended. 26
Trips with school children to outside hospitals 14
Note: One child sent to South Hanson Hospital. Two children under supervision of doctor.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
Assisted School Physician in examination of 1898 pupils. 493 Defect Notices sent home.
Weighed and measured all the pupils in Suburban Schools twice, underweight four times.
Weighed and measured all pupils in Central Schools twice, underweights four times.
Weighed and measured all pupils in High School once. Note: Underweight notices discontinued.
Pupils taught the importance of increase in growth and weight.
New chart used, child's weight classified according to type.
RETARDED PUPILS.
Home Visits 20
Personal Histories of pupils 20
Examination with Dr. Steinecke of Taunton State Hospital
Number of days for examination
4
Result of Clinic
'Tonsils & Adenoids 10
Defects needing correction Eye Glasses 7
Dental Care
5
Recommendations : Special Class number 15
(Tonsils & Adenoids
10
Defects corrected
Eye Glasses
6
(Dental Care
5
Note:
One child did not need glasses.
Above corrections paid by "The Elks Club
Donation."
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PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
Pre-School Registration in all first grades 84
Physical Examination Clinic Number of children examined Of this number:
53
(37 consented to have T.A.T. Treatment. ¿ 4 refused 66 (12 had had T. A. T. Treatment.
Diphtheria Prevention Clinic Date: May 15, 1931
Number of children treated
32
Schick Test Clinic
Date: November 30, 1931
(Number of children tested 32
66 66 immune 32
) Certificates issued to parents. Clinic Physician, Dr. A. V. Smith.
TEN-YEAR TUBERCULAR CLASS PROGRAM
Number of children recommended for re-examination 10
re-examined 6
66 66 improved 5
66.
unimproved 1
66
66 66 X-Rayed . 4
66
66 discharged from the clinic 1
ADULT TUBERCULAR CASES
Home Visits for the State Department of Tuberculosis 54 Type of cases :
Pulmonary 40
Hilum
8
Bone 2
Of this number:
Deaths
4
Moved out of town
1
Examined and X-Rayed 17
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JUNIOR RED CROSS CLASS IN HOME HYGIENE Sponsored by the Local Senior Red Cross Chapter. Headquarters: Union Street School Members: Twenty students from Bates School grade 8 Classes: Started, November 1, 1931. Held every Mon- day and Thursday, 3 to 4 P. M. Length of Course: Thirty lessons of one hour each. Certificates: Will be issued after examination in Spring.
SUMMER CAMP AT PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
Number of pupils sent to Camp 3
Donations received for camp:
Junior Red Cross $15.00
Senior Red Cross 25.00
$40.00
DISTRIBUTION OF MILK
To all underweights in all Central Schools from January to May. Nothing but Pasteurized Milk is used in our schools and is sold for 3 cents per half-pint bottle.
Number of bottles of milk sold 10,290 $308.71
66 66 given
to needy pupils 3,952
118.55
Total number of bottles 14,242 $427.26
Donations: 1930-1931
Thimble Club Daughters $25.00
Community Service, Cabot Club 20.00
Lions Club
30.00
Junior Red Cross 15.00
$90.00
Financial Statement.
Balance January 1, 1931
$32.37
Donations
90.00
Sale of Milk
308.71
$431.08
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Expended
$427.26
Balance, December 31, 1931 3.82
$431.08
DENTAL CLINIC.
A. Examination
School population First and Second Grades 308
Number children examined 306
Number children found with dental defects 269
B. Correction of Defects.
Number children with defects corrected at clinic 171
Number children with defects corrected by family dentist 121
C. Dental Clinic Work
1. Cleanings 31
2. Fillings
Temporary Teeth 104
( Permanent Teeth 81
3. Extractions
(Temporary Teeth 77
Permanent Teeth 17
Number of different children treated from January 1, 1931 to January 1, 1932
Tuesday mornings, 9 A. M, to 12 noon 171
Number of pupil treatments 293
Number of Dental Certificates issued 61
Emergency Cases
15
Money collected $22.60
CHADWICK CLINIC.
Total number children given Tuberculin Test 1221
Percentage tested of the number of children
in school Public Grade Schools 68% (Public High Schools 57%
301
Total number who reacted to the test 23%
Percentage of Reactors [Public Grade Schools High
29%
Total number X-Rayed 308 Total number of children examined on X-Ray evidence 47
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Total number of Contacts examined
9
Total number of Cases Diagnosed as Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Total number of Cases Diagnosed as Hilum Tuberculosis 7
Total number of Cases Diagnosed as Latent Hilum Tuberculosis 1
Total number of Cases Classified as Suspects 31
Number of Cases of Malnutrition Observed
2
OTHER DONATIONS RECEIVED
Elks Club
$250.00
Nemasket Community Club
2.50
Ten Times One Club
9.50
Total
$262.00
Respectfully submitted, 1 HELEN B. PASZTOR, R. N., Public Health & School Nurse.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Middleboro, Massachusetts January 1, 1932
J. Stearns Cushing
Superintendent of Schools
Dear Sir:
In making this, my annual report, I wish to thank the teachers for their thoughtfulness and help in caring for the physical as well as for the mental needs of our children.
Miss Pasztor, our School Nurse, has had a busy year, a successful year, especially with the present day work and planning for the future work to be accomplished.
There have been a number of Health Clinics held under the advice and cooperation of our State District Health Officer, Dr. Richard P. MacKnight. The Chadwick Clinic for the tubercular test was widely accepted and will result in accruing benefits for years to come. The immunization against Diphtheria and the Shick test was given a number of pre-school children and should be received by all children of the town over six months of age. This immunization clinic is held in April of each year. The pre-school Clinic, where all children entering school for the first time are examined, was another forward step in health progress for defects found could be properly corrected during the sum- mer months and all are then in the best of health at the opening of the school year.
In closing, let me again urge all parents of children under school age and over six months, to attend the im- munization against Diphtheria clinic in April and protect your child from this dreaded and unnecessary disease.
DR. A. VINCENT SMITH,
School Physician
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Middleboro, Mass. December 31, 1931
Mr. J. Stearns Cushing
Superintendent of Schools,
Middleboro, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I hereby present my report on Attendance for the year ending December 31, 1931:
Number of Absentees reported. 110
Working Certificates Investigated 16
Number of Homes visited. 125
Visits to Schools 75
Sickness
Truancy
Sickness In School
Clothing Shoes
Other Reasons
Senior High
6
7
4
Bates School
18
9
8
2
School Street
15
4
5
3
Union Street
9
West Side
6
3
2
4
3
Purchade
15
Pleasant Street
3
2
Forest Street
18
2
Green School
4
Soule School
4
1
Waterville School
1
Wappanuckett School
8
South Middleboro
2
1
Thomastown
4
Pratt Free
1
Totals
113
23
19
8
9
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I wish to thank Superintendent of Schools, J. Stearns Cushing, Miss Helen Pasztor, R. N., School Nurse, and the Teachers and Parents for their hearty cooperation in my work.
Respectfully submitted JOHN T. CONNOR, Attendance Officer
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Financial Report, December 31, 1931
Receipts
Tuition State Wards
$1,211.93
Other Tuition
11,539.13
General School Fund
18,060.00
All Others
43.22
$30,854.28
Disbursements
Administrative Salaries
Superintendent
$4,000.00
Supervisors
3,500.00
Other Administrative Salaries
and expenses
· 2,583.48
Teachers Salaries
87,069.81
Text Books & Supplies
9,127.12
Tuition
583.20
Transportation
13,596.06
Janitor Service
6,563.69
Fuel, Light & Water
5,153 .73
Maintenance Buildings & Grounds
3,405.23
Furniture & Furnishings
1,217.57
Insurance
2,108.15
Other Expenses
139.56
$139,047.60
Appropriation 1931
$139,163.15
Disbursements 1931
139,047.60
Unexpended balance NET COST OF SCHOOLS 1931 (Disbursements Less Receipts)
$115.55
$108,193.32
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STATISTICS OF SCHOOL YEAR 1930-1931
SCHOOL
Number
Teachers
Number
Pupils
Non-resident
Pupils
Average Daily
Attendance
Average Daily
Membership
Percent of Attendance
Memorial High Bates
19
550
115
488.6 298.0
507.4 316.9
96.3
School Street
8
335
6
303.2
318.5
95.2
Grade III
48
94.5
Grade III
47
94.4
Grade IV
48
95.2
Grade IV
44
94:2
Grade V
38
95.2
Grade V
39
96.4
Grade VI
43
94.3
Grade VI
43
96.2
West Side
6
202
0
184.0
192.1
95.8
Grade I
29
94.1
Grade II
24
95.5
Grade III
31
96.4
Grade IV
32
95.3
Grade V
43
95.6
Grade VI
36
96.9
Union Street
4
114
2
101.2
110.3
91.5
Grade I
31
85.4
Grade I
34
91.9
Grade II
26
87.3
Grade II
29
90.9
Forest Street
2
67
0
58.1
61.4
94.7
Grade I
24
93.0
Grade II
23
95.2
Green
1
39
2
32.5
36.8
88.0
Pleasant Street
1
31
0
25.8
26.4
97.6
Plymouth Street
1
27
0
21.9
23.4
93.6
Pratt Free
1
6
0
5.7
5.9
95.6
Purchade
1
37
2
28.6
30.5
93.2
Rock
1
32
0
29.1
30.7
94.3
Soule
1
24
0
20.8
22.6
91.8
So. Middleboro
1
33
0
26.8
28.4
94.3
Thomastown
1
17
0
14.2
15.3
92.9
Thompsonville
1
17
0
14.9
15.8
93.5
Wappanuckett
1
26
0
17.8
19.9
89.4
Waterville
1
23
2
18.1
19.7
92.7
1
Totals
61
1910
129
1734.0
1836.0
93.7
.
96.4
10
330
0
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LIST OF TEACHERS, DECEMBER 31, 1931
High School
Lindsay J. March, 17 Barrows Street, Principal
Leonard O. Tillson, 11 North Street, Sub-Master, Science
Walter G. Hicks, 44 School Street, Head Commercial Department
Ernest E. Thomas, 38 Pierce Street, Head History De- partment
Herbert L. Wilber, Rock, Latin
Joseph R. Hyman, 17 Coombs Street, Algebra, Spanish
Roland C. MacGown, 7 Barrows Street, Science, Algebra Athletics
Mary Brier, 81 Pearl Street, French
Chrystal M. Chase, 181 North Main Street, English
Florence Culhane, 81 Pearl Street, Commercial
Alice D. Brawn, Wareham Street, Commercial Geogra- phy, English
Anna C. Erickson, 61 Wood Street, Mathematics
Esther L. Moore, 15 Reland Street, Commercial
Doris P. Chase, 87 Pearl Street, English
Irene M. Wentworth, 65 Pearl Street, English'
Abby Rugg Field, 182 North Main Street, English
H. Beatrice Randall, Barden Hill Road, Commercial, Citizenship
Lillian M. O'Neil, 21 Pearl Street, Commercial Arith- metic, History
Bessie M. Veazie, Smith Street, Rock, Clerk
Bates School
Henry B. Burkland, Rock, Principal, Social Studies Norman W. Lindsay, 37 Pierce Street, Asst. Principal, Science
Martinia K. Donahue, 6 Reland Street, Music, English Lucy E. Merrihew, 22 East Grove Street, Mathematics
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Olive M. Kidd, 59 Pierce Street, Mathematics, Guidance Elizabeth H. Benson, 12 Benton Street, English Hattie M. Jones, 56 Everett Street, Social Studies, Music Faye H. Deane, 63 Oak Street, English Effie D. Tucker, 28 Oak Street, Art, Social Studies E. Dorothea Savithes, 11 Pearl Street, Grade V
School Street School
Lottie N. Lang, 8 Pearl Street, Principal, Grade III Bessie B. Bailey, 15 Forest Street, Grade III Elsie L. McCarthy, 514 Center Street, Grade IV Eleanor H. Thomas, South Middleboro, Grade IV Esther M. Spooner, 3 Rock Street, Grade V Alice R. Begley, 7 Benton Street, Grade V M. Alice Jones, Rock, Grade VI
Edith Frost, Wood Street, Grade VI
West Side School
Nellie L. Sawyer, 361 Arnold Street, New Bedford, Principal, Grade VI
Mary R. Hammond, Barden Hill Road, Grade V
Rose Maley, Sandwich, Grade IV
Margaret C. Peck, 9 Courtland Street, Grade III
Etta W. Toothaker, 29 Oak Street, Grade II
Annie Lee Washburn, Vaughan Street, Lakeville, Grade I
Union Street School
Eleanor A. Barden, 85 Pearl Street, Principal, Grade II Marjorie McClusky, 106 Pearl Street, Grade II Sara E. Matheson, 91 Oak Street, Grade I Mabel I. Guidoboni, 177 Soule Street, Grade I
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Forest Street School
Flora M. Clark, 12 Forest Street, Principal, Grade I Raye F. Guidoboni, 14 Southwick Street, Grade II
Suburban Schools
Maude DeMaranville, Lakeville, Pleasant Street School
Dorothy B. Robinson, 9 Warren Avenue, Plymouth Street School
Elsie L. LeBlanc, North Street, Purchade School
Leah M. Boutin, South Middleboro, Thompsonville School
Margaret Sullivan, 8 Taunton Street, Soule School Bernice C. Shaw, Plympton, Waterville School
Elizabeth K. Drew, 24 Forest Street, Green School
Amelia L. Boutin, South Middleboro, Rock School
M. Louise Nutter, Chestnut Street, Thomastown School
Elsie A. Cahoon, South Middleboro, South Middleboro School
Helen K. Fagan, 110 Oak Street, Wappanuckett School Myra A. Shaw, 81 South Main Street, Pratt Free School
Supervisors
Music-Wirt B. Phillips, 92 Gainesboro Street, Boston
Rythmic Orchestra-Raye F. Guidoboni, 14 Southwick Street
Art-Sylvia C. Matheson, Rice Street
Penmanship-Walter G. Hicks, 44 School Street
JANITORS
Charles H. Goodwin, Memorial High School
Warren Jefferson, Bates School and Union Street School
George A. Cox, School Street School
Daniel F. McCarthy, West Side School
Cecil M. Gibbs, Forest Street School
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SCHOOL CENSUS October 1, 1931 SUBURBAN DISTRICTS
Years
Males
Females
Total
5-6
47
46
7-13
169
153
14-15
46
33
494
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Years
Males
Females
Total
5-6
83
92
1
Total 1648
PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHERS SUMMER 1931
School and Teacher
Where
HIGH
Herbert L. Wilber
Boston University
Doris P. Chase
Harvard University
Irene M. Wentworth
Foreign Travel
Lillian M. O'Neil
Boston University
Anna C. Erickson
Emerson College
BATES
Henry B. Burkland
Boston University
Martinia K. Donahue
Faye H. Deane E. Dorothea Savithes
Boston University Mass. University Extension
7-13
387
376
14-15
105
111
1154
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Mass. University Extension
66
66
6
66
Effie D. Tucker
66
66
66
SCHOOL STREET
Lottie N. Lang
Mass. University Extension
66
66
Eleanor H. Thomas
Esther M. Spooner
Trans-Continental Travel 66 66
M. Alice Jones
WEST SIDE Etta W. Toothaker
Hyannis Normal School
UNION STREET
Eleanor A. Barden
Mass. University Extension
FOREST STREET
Raye F. Guidoboni
Boston University
GREEN
Elizabeth K. Drew
Trans-Continental Travel
WATERVILLE
Bernice«C. Shaw
Trans-Continental Travel
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF TEACHING FORCE
Graduate of:
Both College and Normal School 1
College, but not of Normal School 16
Normal School, but not of College. 25
Secondary School with Professional Training 18
Secondary School only 1
Olive M. Kidd Lucy E. Merrihew
Bessie B. Bailey
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66
66
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TEACHERS ON TENURE LIST JUNE 1931
HIGH SCHOOL
Alfred R. Mack
Leonard O. Tillson
Roland C. MacGown Chrystal M. Chase Florence Culhane Alice D. Brawn
Anna C. Erickson
Esther L. Moore Doris P. Chase Herbert L. Wilber Walter G. Hicks Ernest E. Thomas Joseph R. Hyman Abby Rugg Field H. Beatrice Randall Lillian M. O'Neill
WEST SIDE SCHOOL Nellie L. Sawyer Mary R. Hammond Rose Maley Margaret C. Peck Etta W. Toothaker Annie Lee Washburn
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS Maude DeMaranville Dorothy B. Robinson Bernice C. Shaw Elena Manley
BATES SCHOOL Henry B. Burkland Martinia K. Donahue
Lucy E. Merrihew Olive M. Kidd Elizabeth H. Benson
Hattie M. Jones Faye H. Deane Effie D. Tucker
SCHOOL STREET SCHOOL
Lottie N. Lang Bessie B. Bailey
Elsie L. McCarthy Esther M. Spooner Alice R. Begley M. Alice Jones Edith Frost
UNION ST. SCHOOL Eleanor A. Barden Marjorie McClusky Sara E. Matheson Mabel I. Guidoboni
FOREST STREET SCHOOL Flora M. Clark Raye F. Guidoboni
SUPERVISORS Wirt B. Phillips Sylvia Comley Matheson
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CHANGES OF TEACHERS
January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1931
WITHDRAWALS
Alfred R. Mack, High School
Bertha C. Russell, High School
Mark R. Shibles, Bates School
Freida H. Churchill, Bates School
Winifred S. Carver, Bates School
Elena Manley, Thomastown School
Madeleine D. Owens, South Middleboro School
APPOINTMENTS
Lindsay J. March, High School Norman W. Lindsay, Bates School E. Dorothea Savithes, Bates School M. Louise Nutter, Thomastown School Elsie A. Cahoon, South Middleboro School Elsie L. LeBlanc, Purchade School
TRANSFERALS
Effie D. Tucker, from Purchade to Bates School
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GRADUATING EXERCISES Class of 1931 Memorial High School
TOWN HALL Middleborough, Massachusetts Wednesday Evening, June 17, 1931 At Eight O'Clock
Class Flower: Jacqueminot Rose
Class Motto: Service above Self
Class Colors: Maroon and Gold
ALLAN R. THATCHER, Chairman, School Committee J. STEARNS CUSHING, Superintendent of Schools ALFRED R. MACK, Principal
LEONARD O. TILLSON, Submaster
Committee on Pageant
Chrystal M. Chase
Doris P. Chase
Irene M. Wentworth
Abby R. Field
Class Adviser Alice D. Brawn
Stage Setting Sylvia G. Matheson
Music: Wirt B. Phillips
ORDER OF EXERCISES
March of the Graduates, Pomp and Circumstance M. H. S. Orchestra
Prayer
Rev. John P. Garfield Commencement Pageant: "The Gateway" Cast of Characters
Prologue Ronald V. Erickson Spirit of Memorial High School (Salutatorian)
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Graduate Health Understanding Accuracy
Observation Appreciation Expression
Service (Valedictorian)
Norma G. Keevey Ruth P. Anderson Lemira C. Smith Robert S. Archer G. Oliver Donner Rollin D. Morse Nicholas T. Panesis Florence M. Belrose Theron M. Cole
Labor
Donald H. Holmes, J. Harry Jennings, John V. Gallagher
Agriculture Priscilla Alger, Agnes E. Krikorian, Ellen M. Gilligan, Leah M. Fabbri
Law . Medicine Fine Arts Mother
Commerce J. Vincent Sullivan, Roger A. Tinkham, Charles E. Byram, Jr. Stanley D. Benson Clifford J. Gerrior, V. Hazel Jacques Celia H. Smith A. Rita Souza
Two Girls Character Courage Loyalty Faith Hope Purity Truth
Thalia E. Forsberg, Cecilia A. Paradis Barbara Fillebrown Florence C. Giberti Doris E. Baldwin Dorothy E.Robinson Grace H. Hoard Jeanette F. Howes Barbara Hathaway Virginia Y. Paquin Theron M. Cole Words by Thelma McLeod
Love Valedictory Singing of Class Ode
Presentations Awards Cabot Club Essay Prizes Washington and Franklin Medal Legion Medal
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Scholarships Cabot Club Scholarship Anne White Washburn Scholarship Diplomas
Allan R. Thatcher, Chairman of School Committee
Benediction
WITHIN THE GATEWAY
Tune: Pomp and Circumstance
Within the Gateway we now stand
To the City on the Hill, A city of another land, Across a broader sill.
The future calls us on our way :
We'll know its joys and strife,
And we'll be nearer every day To the City men call Life.
Chorus
Hope and Understanding,
We have need of you; Character and Courage,
Truth and Purity, too; Faith and Love and Labor
With us shall abide As we travel onward,
Toiling side by side. We will stand for Service,
Who shall be our guide.
Thelma McLeod 5
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CLASS OF 1931
CLASSICAL CURRICULUM
*Priscilla Alger *Doris Estelle Baldwin Ruth Esther Baldwin *Stanley Davis Benson Carmen Louise Cerda
*** Theron Metcalf Cole Natalie Sawyer Cummings *Thalia Elizabeth Forsberg
*Grace Holmes Hoard
** Norma Gertrude Keevey ¡Barbara Hayward Lovell Elizabeth Snow Masters
*Rollin D'Arcy Morse Nicholas Thomas Panesis
*Cecilia Amanda Paradis Celia Humphrey Smith
*Lemira Campbell Smith * Alice Rita Souza
Ruth Evelyn Williams
SCIENTIFIC CURRICULUM
1
*Ruth Perry Anderson Harold Aitkenhead Barr
George Oliver Donner
*+John Benjamin Howes Dorothy Evelyn Robinson Elizabeth Moore Savage
John Vincent Sullivan, Jr.
COMMERCIAL CURRICULUM
Eunice Frances Allen Wilma Bailey Anderson Florence May Belrose Isabel Carey
Charles Edward Casey Mary Chilingerian
*+Vera Frances Clark Francis Vincent Curley Alice Elizabeth Dennett Leola Esther Dennett Ruth Sylvester Dunham
*+Phyllis Elliott *Leah Maria Fabbri Dorothy Atwood Hayden Jennie May Hayward
*Jeannette Frances Howes Virginia Hazel Jacques James Harry Jennings *Florence Helene Kotchoun
*Agnes Emma Krikorian Edith Eudora Mayhew James Joseph Mullins Pauline Elizabeth Norvish Olive Ellen Parker Mary Sipolin Hazel Louise Spaulding
*Helen Frances Springer Myrtis Wilbur Stiles Sybil Thomas Alida Wadsworth
GENERAL CURRICULUM
Alice Matilda Anderson *Robert Stinchfield Archer Charles Ernest Byram, Jr. ¡Cynthia Hollis Caswell Fannie Williams Dean Russell Thomas Eaton Ronald Victor Erickson Alberta Euretta Faulkner Barbara Fillebrown
Mary Helen Manion Irene Marjorie McCarron Edward Francis McCarthy Thelma McLeod Alice Love Mello Albert Carlyle Mitchell Harold John Moore George Arthur Morrissey Niel Christian Nielson
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John Vincent Gallagher
¡Randolph Bartlett Gammons Clifford James Gerrior Florence Costa Giberti
*Ellen Margaret Gilligan Barbara Hathaway Donald Howard Holmes Foster Clarence Jackson Marjorie Ardellis Kinsman Lena Rose Leary William Roderick Mackenzie
*Virginia Yvonne Paquin Edith Louise Paun Erma Myrtle Place Dorothy Adlai Ray Steven Roberts Lawrence Sidney Smith
Cecil John Strojny
Roger Albert Tinkham
Warren Bradford Washburn
Mary Hulda Waters Alice Margaret Welch
¡In orchestra
*Pro Merito
** Salutatorian
*** Valedictorian
GRADUATING EXERCISES
Bates School
Middleborough, Massachusetts Town Hall Wednesday, June 10, 1931 At Two O'Clock
1. March "Class Day March" Zamecnik Bates School Orchestra
Under the direction of Wirt B. Phillips, Supervisor of Music 2. Invocation Rev. John W. Annas, Jr.
3. Response, "But the Lord is Mindful of His Own" from the oratorio "St. Paul" by Mendelssohn. Solo: Boy's Treble voices. Bates School Chorus
4. PRESS ON, a pageant dealing with Education for Life, based upon the Seven Cardinal Principles of Edu- cation, arranged by Henry B. Burkland. Wirt B. Phillips, musical director.
Prelude "Sonata in D" Diabelli
Marie Falconieri and Melva Osborne
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Prologue, The Garden of Wisdom
Education
Vera Anderson
The Parent .
. Vincent Foster
Youth .
Robert Howes
Episode I. Fitness for Service.
Health Evelyn Murtha
School Nurse Elizabeth Ham
School Doctor . David Reed
Physical Director Alfred Finneran
Safety Patrolman Robert Freed
Music "Exercise" and "Safety Rules"
Chorus
Episode II Worthy Home Membership
Home Mary Moles
Father Edwin Jefferson
Mother Avis Hathaway
Boy
Bertram Wall
Girl Enid Crosier
Music "Dreaming" Buchanan-Parish
Girls' Glee Club
Episode III The Spirit of Learning.
Learning . Lois Littlejohn
Horace Mann. Charles Washburn
The Teacher . Seaton Mendall
Girls
Mildred Blouin, Jeannette Pelletier
Boys.
Philip Gallagher, Crawford Wright
Music "Onward" Bates School Song Charles H. Bates
Chorus
Episode IV Good Citizenship
Citizenship Josephine Maleska .
Girl Scout Madeline Shaw
Boy Scout Albert Smith
Junior Red Cross
Normen Egger
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Y. M. C. A. Leonard Riggs
Camp Fire Girl Jennie Cali
4-H Member Roy Card
School Councilor Robert Cushing
Color Bearers
Emily Silvia, Elliott Harlow
Music "Song of Service" Jordan-Baxter
Chorus
Episode V
The Dignity of Labor
Work
Leah Rose
Farm
Robert Powell
Shop Gerard Gauthier
Office Joseph Carreiro
Music: "Sons of the Soil" 4-H Song
Boys' Glee Club
Episode VI Wise Use of Leisure Time
Leisure Lillian Goldman
Library
Leah Blouin
Music .
Herbert Howes
Athletics Arthur Gomes
Xylophone Solo Fantasia on "William Tell" Kruger
Nature
Margaret DeArruda
Art .
Margaret Camandona
School Clubs
Earle Berry
Music: "Autumnal Days"
Orchestra
The Orchestra is an organized activity for Recreation Epilogue The Goal of Education Character
Alice Bagdon
Music: "Press On!"
Benjamin-Norwell
Chorus
5. Awarding of honors
Superintendent of Schools, J. Stearns Cushing
a. American Legion Medal for Excellence in Science
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b. Bates Parent-Teacher Association Safety Essay Contest Award
c. The Charles H. Bates Award for Excellence in English
6. Presentation of Certificates
Allan R. Thatcher, Chairman, Middleboro School Committee 7. Class Song Led by Helena Gammons
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